System and method for in-vehicle live guide generation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10826634-B2
Application number	US-201916402306-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 3, 2019
Priority date	May 4, 2018
Publication date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020

Abstract

A system comprises an intermediate communication platform that provides an interface to an Internet network; and a first server including: a port operatively coupled to the intermediate communication platform, processing circuitry, and a service application for execution by the processor. The service application is configured to: receive audio content recognition information from a first radio receiver of multiple radio receivers via the intermediate communication platform, wherein the audio content recognition information identifies audio content received by the first receiver in a radio broadcast; determine audio metadata associated with the received audio content recognition information; and send the audio metadata to the multiple radio receivers via the intermediate communication platform.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system to provide audio metadata to radio receivers in real time, the system comprising:
an intermediate communication platform that provides an interface to an Internet network; and
a first server including: a port operatively coupled to the intermediate communication platform, processing circuitry, and a service application for execution by the processor, wherein the service application is configured to:
receive first audio content recognition information from a first radio receiver of multiple radio receivers via the intei mediate communication platform, wherein the first audio content recognition information identifies audio content received by the first receiver in a first radio broadcast;
receive second audio content recognition information from at least one other radio receiver of the multiple radio receivers via the intermediate communication platform, wherein the second audio content recognition information identifies second audio content received by the second receiver in a second radio broadcast different from the first radio broadcast;
determine first audio metadata associated with the received first audio content recognition information and determine second audio metadata associated with the received second audio content recognition information; and
send both the first and second audio metadata to each of the multiple radio receivers via the intermediate communication platform.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the service application is configured to receive geographical location information from the first radio receiver, and the multiple radio receivers are radio receivers located in a same receiving area of the radio broadcast as the first radio receiver.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the service application is configured to:
receive radio station information from the first and second radio receivers in association with the first and second audio content recognition information; and
send audio metadata to each of the multiple radio receivers that includes now-playing information for multiple radio stations.

4. The system of claim 1 , including:
a second server configured to store the audio metadata; and
a communication network operatively coupled to the first and second servers;
wherein the service application of the first server is configured to determine the first and second audio metadata by forwarding the first and second audio content recognition information to the second server via the communication network and receive the first and second audio metadata from the second server.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first server includes a memory configured to store the first and second audio metadata, and the service application is configured to determine the first and second audio metadata by retrieving the first and second audio metadata from the memory using the first and second audio content recognition information.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the service application is configured to determine audio metadata using audio content recognition information received from the multiple radio receivers according to a specified priority.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the service application is configured to determine an end time of the audio content using the first audio content recognition information and change the first audio metadata sent to the multiple radio receivers based on the end time.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the service application is configured to:
receive geographical location information from the first radio receiver;
determine signal strength using one or both of the received audio content recognition information and the received geographical location information; and
send a tuning recommendation to the multiple radio receivers according to the determined signal strength.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first server includes a memory, and the service application is configured to use the memory to record radio reception information for the audio content identified by the first and second audio content recognition information.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the service application is configured to record radio reception information including one or more of:
an identifier of the audio content;
a date of reception of the first and second audio content recognition information;
geographical location information of the first radio receiver; and
radio station identification information.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first server includes a memory, and the service application is configured to use the memory to record radio receiver tuning information for the audio content identified by the first and second audio content recognition information.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the service application is configured to send a tuning recommendation to the first radio receiver via the intermediate communication platform according to the radio receiver tuning information.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the intermediate communication platform is a cellular phone network.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the intermediate communication platform is a telematics network.

15. A radio receiver comprising:
radio frequency (RF) receiver circuitry configured to receive a radio broadcast signal that includes a digital audio file;
an Internet network interface;
a display;
processing circuitry; and
an application programming interface (API) including instructions for execution by the processing circuitry, wherein the API is configured to:
determine audio content recognition information using the digital audio file;
send the audio content recognition information to an audio metadata service application via the Internet network interface;
receive first audio metadata associated with the digital audio file via the Internet network interface and additional audio metadata associated with at least one other radio broadcast to which the radio receiver is not tuned; and
generate a broadcast radio program guide for display using information included in the first audio metadata and the additional audio metadata.

16. The radio receiver of claim 15 , wherein the API is configured to:
determine that audio metadata for audio content of the radio broadcast signal is unavailable; and
initiate determining the audio content recognition information in response to determining that the audio metadata is unavailable.

17. The radio receiver of claim 15 , wherein the API is configured to:
send one or both of geographical location information and radio station information with the audio content recognition information;
receive now-playing information via the Internet network interface for the radio broadcast signal and the at least one other radio broadcast; and
present current tuning information using the display using the received now-playing information.

18. The radio receiver of claim 15 , wherein the API is configured to:
send one or both of geographical location information and radio station information with the audio content recognition information;
receive a tuning recommendation in response to the sending of the information; and
present the tuning recommendation using the display.

19. The radio receiver of claim 15 , wherein the Internet network interface is a cellular phone network interface.

20. The radio receiver of claim 15 , wherein the Internet network interface is a telematics network interface.

21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including inst

Assignees

• Ibiquity Digital Corp

Inventors

• Carlock Jason Kyle
• Dillon Robert Michael

Classifications

• H04H60/74

  using programme related information, e.g. title, composer or interpreter · CPC title

• H04H60/90

  Wireless transmission systems · CPC title

• H04H60/64 Primary

  for providing detail information · CPC title

• H04H60/51

  of receiving stations · CPC title

• H04H60/46

  for recognising users' preferences · CPC title